THE COLLEGE OF DENTURISTS OF ONTARIO 61ST MEETING OF THE COUNCIL Friday, October 1, 2010

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1 THE COLLEGE OF DENTURISTS OF ONTARIO 61ST MEETING OF THE COUNCIL Friday, October 1, 2010 Present at the Meeting: Members: Gus Koroneos, DD President Ted Dalios, DD 1 st Vice President Angela Smith 2 nd Vice President John Kallitsis, DD (by phone) Treasurer Anita Kiriakou Secretary Andrew Protopapas, DD Carlos Valente, DD Emanuele Di Lecce Jeff Amini (arrived at 2:00 pm) Joan Duke (by phone) Luc Tran, DD Max Mirhosseini, DD Robert MacLeay, DD (by phone) Staff: Salim Kaderali Registrar Guests: Susan Tobin Denturist Association of Ontario Doug Ross Ministry of Health Allan Scott Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities Dawn Stamp, DD Registration Chair Cristian Lagos, DD CE Chair 61.0 CALL TO ORDER The Registrar called the meeting of the 61 st Council Meeting of the College of Denturists (CDO) to order at 9:00 am 61.1 DECLARATION OF ELECTION RESULTS AS PER BY-LAW The Registrar submitted the results of the election held on September 30 th, The results are: 43 ballots received of 50 eligible registrants with 22 votes for Ted Dalios, 20 votes for Gregory Baker, and 1 spoiled ballot PRESIDENT TO PRESIDE The President, G. Koroneos, took over the meeting and welcomed the Council Members and guests. He congratulated Ted Dalios on his elected appointment to Council REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF AGENDA No amendments. On motion by T. Dalios and seconded by C. Valente it was, RESOLVED THAT the Agenda of the Council Meeting be adopted REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF MINUTES i. June 18, 2010, 60 th A Council Minutes

2 a. Page 11, add: and a third quote for $3, from Tran Publication. b. Page 13, second paragraph, add: and the President left the Council chambers. On motion by C. Valente and seconded by A. Kiriakou it was, RESOLVED THAT the 60 th A Council Meeting Minutes be adopted as amended. ii. August 20, 2010, 60 th B Council Minutes a. In regards to election, change wording, motion carried unanimously. b. Should be consultation not collaboration c. Change to oral prosthetic, not denture On motion by A. Protopapas and seconded by E. Di Lecce it was, RESOLVED THAT the 60 th B Council Meeting Minutes be adopted as amended. BUSINESS ARISING FROM THE MINUTES: 61.5 REVIEW OF ACTION LIST AS ED Item Discussed in Agenda Item Ongoing Item Completed Item Completed Item Completed Item Discussed in Agenda Item Ongoing Item Ongoing Item Ongoing Item Ongoing Item Ongoing Item Ongoing Item Ongoing Item Ongoing Item Ongoing Item Ongoing Item Completed 61.6 INFORMATION, EXECUTIVE OVERVIEW a. President s Report i. Awards Brunch and New Registrant s Orientation The President started by thanking the Examiners, Chief Examiners and the Chair of QE. Exam candidates who have passed the exam were invited to the orientation. Candidates were informed of the CDO s mandate as a governing body. ii. Meeting with GBC A scheduled meeting with GBC made three months earlier for September 16, 2010 was cancelled by GBC. Discussions were made concerning the quality of education at GBC, its administration and students.

3 R. MacLeay asks if there s a liaison between the CDO and GBC. G. Koroneos said he went to GBC to meet with the students of each year a while back. An issue of concern was how GBC administration was administering the denturism program. A. Kiriakou wanted to know why there is difficulty with GBC administration. C. Valente reemphasized that GBC administration cancelled a meeting with CDO that was scheduled three months in advance. iii. iv. SGM One of the purposes of the SGM is for communication between the CDO and the members. Registration is available online. G. Koroneos said he will waive his honorarium as a Council Member for the SGM and that public members on Council will not need to pay to register and can collect an honorarium. Meeting with TC and MTCU A meeting with TC and MTCU was held with S. Kaderali, A. Kiriakou, G. Koroneos from the CDO and MTCU and TC. Further discussions will be held in-camera when members of the MTCU arrive at 2:30pm. b. Registrar s Report i. Coordinator for Complaints and Registrations Josep Natividad is the new Coordinator of Complaints and Registration. Jennifer Lee is now a part-time staff and has gone back to school for her Masters. ii. Accreditation The Colleges are having issues with the Accreditation Advisory Committee, run by DAC. The Accreditation committee has given the entire Colleges one seat. This seat has no vote and is there to observe. The Colleges disagree with this setup. Another issues with the accreditation document that DAC has drafted is it does not speak to standards of accredited that have to be met. Instead, it has four categories that are vague such as may and could. The preferred option is to have Canada wide accreditation. If it does not work, then another option to consider is to have CDO have its own accreditation by having an accreditation committee formed that is outside of Council. A question was raised on why GBC raised the number of students being registered in the program. G. Koroneos stated that the concern is not the number of students, but the quality of students who are prepared to take the licensing exam. S. Kaderali then presented a question, How does a student know that the CDO exams are fair? He listed a number of regulatory bodies and the number of exams they have each year. The Fairness Commissioner s function is to determine if the CDO is fair. The Fairness Commissioner sent a report stating that the CDO is updating its Registration Regulation to confirm with AIT and OLMA and the Registration Committee is currently considering these updates.

4 iii. iv. HPARB MK DD (In-Camera) ICRC MB DD (In-Camera) c. Treasurer s Report i. Audited Annual Financial Report J. Kallitsis was not present to report as he has a personal matter to attend to. S. Kaderali reported on his behalf. The Audited Annual Financial Report was presented. $80,000 is the actual lost this year. The budget as set by the last Council had projected a loss of $184,000. Further discussions followed about the budget. GST was not filed for 2009 so the 2010 GST could not be filed. GST for 2009 will now be filed by the CDO s current accountant Adams & Miles. S. Kaderali wanted to know why the 2009 GST was not filed. He found a bill and payment to Doug Murphy to file the 2009 GST, the College had paid for a service that was not provided. Doug Murphy has also not filed that year s corporate tax STATUTORY COMMITTEE REPORTS a. Executive Committee Report Please see the President s Report. The President stated he would prefer that in the future these two reports be combined. b. Inquiries, Complaints and Reports Committee Report ICRC has a number of complaints that they are trying to review, we currently have far too many to consider. The ICRC Seminar at the SGM is geared to trying to reduce the number of complaints. c. Quality Assurance Committee Report There are no open files. Two cases have been forwarded to the Registrar. There was some discussion of improvements in the practice of Denturists. On motion by M. Mirhosseini and seconded by J. Duke it was, RESOLVED THAT members, who have been accessed within the last five years, will not be put back in the pool of potential members to be accessed until after 5 years from the date they have been accessed. E. Di Lecce suggested that once a member has been accessed, they receive a certificate that they have gone through the assessment. Some members of Council felt the idea may have negative aspects such as if a member who has not been assessed yet, the public may not want to go to that person s clinic because they do not have a certificate that they ve gone through the assessment process. E. Di Lecce said that QA suggested that it be mandatory that members have a dental chair, an evacuator or a cuspidor. Discussions were made regarding the timeframe in which members should have these items. The President said that the timeframe should be December of 2011 and not 2015.

5 On motion by M. Mirhosseini and seconded by E. Di Lecce it was, RESOLVED THAT members who own a clinic must have a CSA approved dental chair, and a cuspidor or evacuator by June 1, On motion by T. Dalios and seconded by L. Tran it was, RESOLVED THAT in the QA manual be written to say that is required that safety glasses to be worn under the laboratory portion. d. Registration Committee Report D. Stamp, Chair of Registration Committee discussed about the propose Registration Regulation changes. D. Stamp agrees that DAC does the accreditation but it is up to the CDO to accept whether or not it will recognize them as accredited. e. Patient Relations Committee Report M. Mirhosseini is currently in charge of the CDO magazine. There are a few advertisers but more advertisers are welcome. f. Fitness to Practice Committee Report No matters to discuss. g. Discipline Committee Report Council read the report as presented NON-STATUTORY COMMITTEE REPORTS a. Qualifying Examination & Curriculum Committee Report A. Protopapas discussed the Examiner Orientation on September 19. A few successful exam candidates were invited to provide input. The input given was on grading at GBC b. Regulations and By-Laws Committee Report J. Duke proposes two items for Council to think about. One is that DAO maybe could have a seat in the Council; and the second proposal is that a past President maybe could have a voice or seat at the Council. G. Koroneos said that he wants the Fee Items to not be part of the By-Laws but referred to as a policy so that it can be easily updated when necessary. Further items will be tabled for a teleconference NEW BUSINESS a. Special General Meeting Agenda and an invitation has been posted on the CDO website. Registration fee before November is $ A letter will be sent to all District members to attend the SGM. The SGM will be considered as the member s district meeting for the year. Last year students at GBC were invited. It was agreed that students in their final year should be invited. b. Meeting with TC and MTCU Mr. Allan Scott et al; Superintendant of Private Career Colleges (In-Camera)

6 The Registrar reported that he, including the President and public member executive had met with Trillium administration, on a variety of concerns and that the Registrars Office was contemplating further action. The discussion was curtailed with the suggestion that the process be forwarded to the Registration office. On motion by J. Duke and seconded by A. Protopapas it was, RESOLVED THAT the Registrar be asked to refer the question of Trillium College s equivalency to GBC to the Registration Committee. Motion carried unanimously. c. Continuing Education Hours CE Chair Cristian Lagos DD C. Lagos presented CE. CE program is being developed. It will increase registrant s knowledge and assist them in providing better care for clients (the public). It has the potential to help with increasing Scope of Practice. Other aspects of CE were discussed such as number of hours, types of programs, etc. On motion by M. Mirhosseini and seconded by T. Dalios it was, RESOLVED THAT 10 units of Continuing Education in accordance with approval by the CE Committee are required starting April 15, 2011 by all registrants. d. Proposed Registration Regulation Changes Chair Dawn Stamp DD There was no further report as the matter had been discussed during committee report. e. By-law Revision Discussed earlier and tabled for a later teleconference. f. Malpractice & Professional Liability Insurance (Registrars Inquiry Report, In- Camera) On motion by J. Duke and seconded by L. Tran it was, RESOLVED THAT LMS Prolink be approved as an insurance broker and ENCON as an insurance carrier for professional (malpractice) liability and commercial general liability insurance and that the Registrar be directed to prepare for consideration the necessary regulatory changes so that the registrants be required to purchase insurance from approved insurance providers in time for the next registration renewal cycle. Motion carried unanimously. g. DAO Annual Meeting Liability (In-Camera) ADJOURNMENT Next Council Meetings: December 17 th, IN-CAMERA MEETING a. AH b. WBS